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US says 2 soldiers killed, 6 wounded in Afghanistan attack

KABUL - Two U.S. soldiers were killed and six wounded in a so-called insider attack in eastern Afghanistan's Nangarhar province late Saturday when an Afghan dressed in an Afghan army uniform opened fi...

Feb 10, 2020

Memorial held for coach, family killed in Bryant crash

ANAHEIM, Calif. - A public memorial was held Monday for three members of a family who died along with Kobe Bryant and others when a helicopter carrying the group to a youth basketball tournament crash...

Feb 10, 2020

Thailand mourns victims of country's deadliest mass shooting

NAKHON RATCHASIMA, Thailand - As mourning began for the victims of Thailand's worst mass shooting, the country counted its losses: a mother shot dead at the wheel of her car as her son sat beside her,...

Feb 10, 2020

Anna Sui rolls out B-movie gothic glam at NY Fashion Week

NEW YORK - Anna Sui doesn't love scary movies, but she adores illusion, especially glamorous illusion. That's one reason she turned to 1970s Italian horror, of the B movie variety, as inspiration for ...

Feb 10, 2020

Mainland China virus cases rise again after earlier decline

BEIJING - Mainland China has reported another rise in cases of the new virus after a sharp decline the previous day, while the number of deaths grow by 97 to 908, with at least two more outside the co...

Feb 10, 2020

China's daily death toll from virus tops 100 for first time

BEIJING - China's daily death toll from new virus has topped 100 for first time, with more than 1,000 total deaths recorded, the health ministry announced Tuesday, as the spread of the contagion shows...

Feb 10, 2020

Texas officer charged with manslaughter in fatal shooting

BELTON, Texas - A Central Texas police officer was charged Monday with manslaughter for the fatal shooting of an unarmed man during a traffic stop, officials said. Temple Officer Carmen DeCruz was cha...

Feb 10, 2020

Kobe Bryant's widow expresses grief, anger in online post

LOS ANGELES - Vanessa Bryant expressed grief and anger in an Instagram post Monday as she copes with the deaths of her husband Kobe Bryant, their daughter Gigi and seven other people in a helicopter c...

Feb 10, 2020

Renowned Canadian epidemiologist to lead coronavirus study team: WHO

OTTAWA - Renowned Canadian epidemiologist Bruce Aylward will be leading a team of World Health Organization experts in China to study the outbreak of the novel coronavirus. Aylward arrived in Chi...

Feb 10, 2020

Hollywood barriers fall in milestone Oscars for ‘Parasite’

LOS ANGELES - Before Bong Joon Ho's "Parasite" made history as the first non-English best picture winner in Academy Awards history, he made a modest plea to American moviegoers: Don't be afraid of sub...

Feb 10, 2020